Age of Mythology EX: Tale of the Dragon (2003)

Date: October 31, 2002

Platform: Mac / PC

Developer: Ensemble Studios / Westlake Interactive / SkyBox Labs

Publisher: Xbox Game Studios

Genre: Strategy / Real-Time Strategy

Theme: Fantasy / Alternate Historical / Egyptian / Management

Franchises: Age of Empires / Age of Mythology

Also known as: AoM

Adaptation: Cameo

Summary:

Age of Mythology is a real-time strategy game from Ensemble Studios that centers around three civilizations: Greek, Egyptian, and Norse. Each civilization has three main Gods; therefore, there are essentially nine different factions to choose from. The game uses basic elements found in the popular Age of Empires series such as gathering resources, building structures, and assembling an army to overtake your opponent. The basic resources are food, wood, and gold; however, Age of Mythology takes it a step further by adding favor. Favor is essential because it allows you unlock extremely powerful mythological creatures as well as special upgrades. Each civilization has its own unique way of gathering favor. Another new feature added is the ability to use God powers, such as summoning natural disasters to disrupt your opponent. God powers can be the deciding factor between a win and a loss during a battle and can only be used once, so you must choose to use them wisely.

The game also featured a story based campaign mode which followed the story of the Atlantean hero Arkantos who travelled through the world trying to stop a villainous cyclops from releasing the titans

Source: https://www.giantbomb.com/age-of-mythology/3030-13076/